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Shut up about Barclay Perkins - Let's Brew - 1946 Lees "C" Ale
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Today it's a recipe from another forthcoming book, "Blitzkrieg!". Which is finished, really, other than a coat of polish.
Just after war’s end Lees introduced that most intriguing of beers, a “C” Ale.
It’s a name which only seems to have been used by breweries in Greater Manchester and refers to a strong, dark beer. Roughly equivalent to a London Burton, “C” Ale was, however, an exclusively bottled product.
It wasn’t a very long-lived product. It was replaced in 1954 by a stronger beer, Golden Brew, with an OG of 1078º.
The grist bears more than a passing resemblance to Best Mild. It contains exactly the same five elements: Pale and black malt, flaked barley, glucose and invert sugar. Not totally sure which type of invert they were using. No. 3 seems a reasonable guess.
The logs are a little vague when it comes to hops. All I know is that they were English and from the 1944 and 1945 harvests. I’ve gone with a Fuggles and Goldings combination, as they were by far and away the two most grown varieties at the time.
1946 Lees "C" Ale |
pale malt |
8.50 lb |
74.73% |
black malt |
0.125 lb |
1.10% |
flaked barley |
1.25 lb |
10.99% |
glucose |
0.50 lb |
4.40% |
No. 3 invert sugar |
1.00 lb |
8.79% |
Fuggles 105 mins |
0.75 oz |
|
Fuggles 60 mins |
0.75 oz |
|
Fuggles 30 mins |
0.75 oz |
|
Goldings dry hops |
0.33 oz |
|
OG |
1052 |
|
FG |
1012 |
|
ABV |
5.29 |
|
Apparent attenuation |
76.92% |
|
IBU |
27 |
|
SRM |
13 |
|
Mash at |
147º F |
|
After underlet |
150º F |
|
Sparge at |
170º F |
|
Boil time |
105 minutes |
|
pitching temp |
60º F |
|
Yeast |
Wyeast 1318 London ale III (Boddingtons) |
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